Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Books
Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Rest and Be Thankful - Emma Glass

Real Simple The Best Books of 2020

New Yorker The Best Books We Read in 2020

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Chicago Public Library Top 20 Books of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Guardian Best Fiction of 2020

Temporary - Hilary Leichter

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2020

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

BBC Culture: Lindsay Baker The Best Books of the Year 2020

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020

Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

The Booker Prize 2020 Award

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2020

Deacon King Kong - James McBride

O Magazine 20 Best Books of 2020

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

National Book Award Fiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

National Book Award Nonfiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again - M. John Harrison

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2020

Stakes Is High - Mychal Denzel Smith

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2020